Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach is threatening to unravel the sense of social solidarity that did exist and that underpins the compliance and cohesion we need to deal with Covid-19 because if people do not understand the logic and the rationale behind measures they will lose faith in the public health effort. The Taoiseach doubled down on that mistake by then cutting into the economic supports for people precisely at the time they need them most.

In terms of co-operation with the Opposition, I will register again my frustration and anger at the precisely opposite move by the Government to relegate a number of the party groups in here in terms of the speaking order and the accountability of the Taoiseach's Government on key issues. Again last week, repeatedly, we had the insult of Ministers gone from the Chamber before many of the party groups here had a chance to-----

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